美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-17
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Expert climbers've begun their biggest effort to find 3 missing men on Mount Hood 1. One team started up the south side of the mountain, another team tackled the north side. Weather conditions are good for the search.
2. Democratic Senator Tim Johnson remains 2 in critical condition today but doctors say he seems to have improved since he underwent brain surgery on Wednesday. He will remain hospitalized until the swelling 3 in his brain subside 4s.
3. Two astronauts are walking in space. They are finishing up some electrical work on the International Space Station. This is the third scheduled spacewalk of the mission but NASA managers may decide on another walk on Monday.
4. And a rocket carrying 2 experimental satellites blazed into the Virginia sky this morning. It was the first launch for the mid-Atlantics commercial spaceport. The rocket will test how fast the military can transmit images of enemy targets to battlefield commanders.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. swelling : N-VAR
A swelling is a raised, curved shape on the surface of your body which appears as a result of an injury or an illness.
2. subside : VERB
If a feeling or noise subsides 5, it becomes less strong or loud.
3. finish up : PHR-V
If you finish up something that you have been eating or drinking, you eat or drink the last part of it.
4. spaceport : N-COUNT
An installation for sheltering, testing, maintaining, and launching spacecraft.
- She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
- The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
- There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。